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JOHN F. RAKES, OE GEEENUP COUNTY, KENTUCKY.

' APPLE PARER, OORER, AND sLlcER.

SPECIFICTIO1\ll forming part of Letters Patent N o. 260,236, dated June2'?, 1882. Application amanece-.mbar 29,1881.. (Moda.)

To all whom tt may concern:

Be it'known that I, JOHN F. RAKES, of the county of Greenup, and Stateof'Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Apple Parers,Slicers, and Gorers, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exa-ctdescription.

Figure 1 is a rear elevation, partly in section, of my improvement. Fig.2 is a side elevation ofthe same, partly in section. Fig. 3 is a planview, partly in section,of the same. Fig. ,4 is an elevation of an armof the frame, showing the cam for guiding the paring-knife holder. Fig.5 is a diagram showing the manne-r in which the apples are sliced andcored. Fig. 6

is a diagram showing the shape of the core.

The object of this invention is to facilitate the paring, slicing, andcoring of apples.

The invention consists in an apple parer, slicer, and corer constructedwith a fork and and rotating the apple, a paring-knife, its holder,pivot, spring, and cam and the driving-gearing for paring the apple, theslicingkuil'e and its holder, the crank and crankwheel and the pawl forslicing and coring the apple, and the bent arm for holding the corewhile the apple is being sliced and cored, as will be hereinafter fullydescribed.

Arepresents the frame of the machine,which is made with an arm, B,projecting forward and upward, and an arm, C, projecting rearward andupward.

Upon the rear side of the frame A are formed two jaws, D E, to receivebetween them the edge of a table-top or other support. The upper jaw, D,is slotted to receive-a shaft, hereinafter described, and the lower jaw,E, is provided with a hand-screw, F, for securing the machine to itssupport.

To the forward side of the frame A is pivoted a large beveled-gearwheel, G, to which is attached a crank, H, for convenience in turningit. At the lower edge of the wheel Gr its teeth mesh into the teeth of agear-wheel, I, attached to the lower end of the shaft J, the

lower part of which revolves inv bearings in the lower jaw, E, of theclamp. The upper part of the shaft J revolves in bearings -attached toan inwardly-projecting part of the arm C.

To the upper end of the shaft J is attached the fork Kfor holding theapple. The fork K is made with a center prong surrounded by three otherprongs. The central prong,which may be the upper end of the shaft J, ismade a little longer than the others to facilitate the centering of theapple upon the fork.

Upon the middle part of the inner side of the yO, attached to the lowerend-of a shaft, P,

which revolves in bearings attached to the arm B, and has a smallbeveled-gear wheel, Q, attached to its upper end. The teeth of thebeveled-gear wheel Q mesh into the teeth of the larger beveled-gearwheel R, journaled to the upright upper part of the arm B, and which isheld steady by a projection, S, formed upon the upper end of the .saidarm B to rest against the 'side of the said wheel R, as shown in Fig. l.

T is the paring-knife, which is secured adjustably to the holder U byscrews or other suitable'means, so that it can be moved forward as itwears. To the holder U, near its rear end, is attached a pivot, V, onelend of which revolves in a bearing in a lug attached to or formed uponthe gear-wheel R, and its other end revolves in a half-bearing inanother lug formed upon or attached to the said gearwheel R. The rearend of the holder U passes through a slot in the gear-wheel R, so as tocome in contact with a guide or cam shoulder Or flange, W, formed uponthe arm B, to guide the knife T as the holder' U is carried around byand with the wheel R. The holder U and the knife T are held forwardagainst the apple by a spring, X, coiled around the pivot V, andattached at one end to the holder vU and at the other end to the wheelR.

Y is the slicing-knife, the forward end of which is bent to one side atan angle, as shown 2 v v v a 260,236

in Figsfl, 2, and 3, (best seen in the lat-ter,)

' so'that when the body'of the knife Y makes a radial cut the saidbentendwill separate'the slice from the core, as illustrated vby thediaslots and screwsv or other suitable means, so

l v that the said knife can be adjusted asthe size vIO vof the cores vinthe apples'tobeoperated'upon vmay require,v The'holdervZ vis curved, as

v vshown in Figs and 3, sov that itv can pass v around the apple uponthevfork K.v vThe rear end ofthe vholder Z is attached to the'ax'le ofIvv thecrank-wheel a, which axle worksin a vbea-ringinthe endv of' the armC.

1 v v 'Io the wheel ais attached v the crank 11,*by

v means of which the said crank-wheel av is op- I erated tovrevolvetheholder Z vand cause the vknife Yto slice and core theapples. y

' To the crank b is pivoted the shank of a v vpawl, c, the vengagingvend of *whichv engages with the teethof'the gear-wheelv G and rotates vthesaid'gearnwheel',therelativesizeoftheeirelev describedv by the.crankv I) and the vcircumfer-v ence nf the ysaid gear-wheel G beingvsuchthat v each revolution ofthe said crank vwill turn the v fork-shaftand fork through one-eighth cfa l revolution, y v l vThe machine can beconstructed to cut each I apple into more or less pieces than eighnifdesired. Thepawl c is kept in place uponthe i v v gear-wheel vGr byi astoppin, d, attaohed'tothe frame A.v y y v eis av bar, the forward endof which is curved downward so as to be in line with the central prongof the fork K, to rest upon the apple at the upper end of its core, tosteady and support the core while the apple is being sliced. rlhe shankof the bar e works upon the axle of the crank-wheel a, between the shankof the knife-holder Z and the end ofthe arm C. The rear end of the shankof the bar e projects, and to it is attached a stop-pin,f,which, whenthe bar c is thrown back, strikes against the arm C and prevents thesaid bar efrom being thrown back too far.

In using the machinean apple is placed upon the fork K and thegear-wheel G is turned by means of the crank H, which gives motion tothe gear-wheel R. The movement ofthe gearforth.

wheel R carries theholder U over the apple,

Iwhich,in connection with the revolutienof the v shaft J andforkK'brings the paringfknifeT 1 v w in Contactv with all parts ofthesurface of the said apple and vpares itthoroughly. When thev vappleispared the machine is stopped with the knifeholder U in suche position asto be ont ot' thewa-y'of 'the slicing andeoringknife,

which vis then voperated vby turning the crank i), core is removed fromthe fork'K, another apple is'plaeed vupon v'thev said fork K, and thevoperation is repeated. 1 v v Having thus described my invention, Iclaim6o When the appleis sliced and coredthev v 6 Ias newand desire to secureby LettersPatent-v v 1.An apple parer, Slicer, and'corer confv itsholder vU,vthe vslicing andv caring vknife vY and its holder Z, theholding-harv c and; the pawl e, vand the 32.31511 an apple parer,slicer,'andvcorer, the

combination, with the frame A B C/the gear-v structedv substantially asherein shownanddel scribed, eonsistingo'v the frame Ai BC, vthe fork Kand its shaft J, the paring-knifeland *drivingv mechanism,vas slet*v wwheels GI, thev shaft Land the forkK,'of the and cam W, substantially asherein shown rotated upon thet'ork, as set forth.

3. In an apple parer, sleer,and corel', the combination, with the :frameA B G, the` gear? wheels G I, the shaft Land the fork K, of thev slicingand curing knifevY, the holder Z, the v crank b and crank-wheel ai, andthe pawl c, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby theapple is sliced and cored, as set forth.

4. In an apple parer, slicer, and corer, the combination, with the frameA B C and the fork K, shaft J, and gear-wheels G I, of the bentholding-bar e, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby thecore is held while the apple is being sliced and cored, as set forth.

JOHN FRANKLIN RAKES.

Witnesses:

W. It. WALKER, It. B. Toors.

Igen-wlmiSLOQ R, the snaar, tneparingv i knifel and its holder U, pivotvV,springvX, v v So vand described,wherebythe apple is paredand

